Differential hemodynamic response in affective circuitry with aging: An fMRI study of novelty, valence, and arousal

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1027-1041

  Moriguchi, Yoshiya ^a   Negreira, Alyson ^a   Weierich, Mariann ^a   Dautoff, Rebecca ^a   Dickerson, Bradford C ^a   Wright, Christopher I ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551672714     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21527     Document Type: Article

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